George Orwell's 1984
By Harold Bloom
1987
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Julia, remains poignant more than 50 years after its 1949 publication. "Nineteen Eighty-Four" paints the bleak picture of a society in which all information is controlled by the government, also known as Big Brother. Here is a ready-reference tool for students interested in this dystopian classic, especially those with an eye toward research. Offering 50 percent new material over the previous edition, "1984, Updated Edition", includes the most relevant critical interpretations available.
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Harold Bloom
Author · 172 books
Harold Bloom was an American literary critic and the Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale University. Since the publication of his first book in 1959, Bloom has written more than forty books of literary criticism, several books discussing religion, and one novel. He edited hundreds of anthologies.
